Affiliate Marketing - Step By Step Process To A Successful Online Business
The internet has been known to offer a wide range of business opportunities.
However, while there is a lot of money to be made on the internet, if you don't look in the right place, you can actually end up spending all of your hard earned money in a dead end business.
As you may have already figured out, the majority of online hunters will not find success.
In particular if you are not familiar with how online business transactions are handled and how you could do it the right way from the beginning.
Having said that.
It is important that you first align yourself with people that know what they are talking about.
If you try to learn from people that are not succeeding, then chances are that you will following those same footsteps.
If you follow a successful person, then you will eventually be successful if you apply everything that person teaches WITHOUT trying to reinvent the wheel.
Step 1 - Finding the right niche to start your business One of the keys to a successful affiliate marketing business is to find a niche that you are passionate about.
It has been proven that most affiliate marketers that are successful, have first started in a niche they love and understand.
So you must first follow your passion before you move any further in this business.
Step 2 - Finding a ebook, course or system you can promote There are many companies that have the resources and programs that you can promote.
Clickbank is the second largest database following Commission Junction.
The difference between the two is that Commission Junction promotes digital and physical products as well.
If you are starting, then I would recommend first promoting a digital product.
The margins are much greater which will give you a better chance to make money faster.
Step 3 - Setting up a capture page This step can have a variation.
Instead of creating a website to capture the leads, you can actually direct your traffic to your affiliate link and not capture their name or email address at all.
I don't recommend this option, however it is the lazy option I must say.
If you did have a website, then you could actually capture their name and email address, grow your list and be able to monetize it over an indefinite period of time.
You will be able to promote other affiliate programs to your list and profit from it as well.
Step 4 - Driving Traffic To Your Site This is an important part of the puzzle.
There is no point of having a website if nobody will visit.
Well, there are many ways to drive traffic to your site which I do cover in great detail in my free weekly newsletters.
However I will give you a few sources to give you a heads start on what to look for.
Sources of traffic:
- Article Writing
- YouTube videos
- blogging
- social media
- SEO
- AdWords